Curb on seniors’ drugs protested

Representative Tim Murphy sponsored a bill that would ensure patients continue to have full access.

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Proposed Obama administration rules to limit the array of antidepressants and other drugs available to seniors set off an intense round of lobbying.

State knew about troubles with health site

Officials knew three months before the launch of the state’s ill-fated health insurance website that there was “a substantial and likely risk” the site would not be ready on time.

Evaluations reveal skepticism of rail incumbent’s improvements

The MBTA wanted a fresh start by giving the commuter rail contract to Keolis Commuter Services, not Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad.

Dedicated fitness buffs powered through a spin class at Flywheel Sports, which is among the specialized studios thundering into Boston.

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Indoor cycling studios are spinning exercise into gold

Years after the spinning craze took hold in New York and Los Angeles, the two biggest spinning chains in the country are here.

Ivan Vaclavik, who came to the US in 1974 for a three-week visit and never left, was present in Brighton District Court in December 2012 for a restraining order hearing.

Criminal without a country finally deported

After decades of failed attempts, US officials have sent the mysterious emigre Ivan Vaclavik to the Czech Republic.

Bill Elovitz said he began buying rugs because it let him “deal with beautiful things.”

Bankrupt Building 19 reinvents itself as a rug store

The Rug Department will hold a soft opening Saturday at a former Building 19 location in Norwood.

State Representative Carlos Henriquez has defied calls to step down following his conviction for assault.

Carlos Henriquez returns to the State House in handcuffs

The appearance was required to expel Henriquez, a newly minted inmate in the Middlesex County House of Correction, from the state House.

Opinion

Opinion | Stephen E. Sallan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/24/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0125oped_sallan.jpg Sick kids need faster drug testing

The way we bring new pediatric drugs to market does not always serve the best interests of children with life-threatening illness.

Politics

RNC chief Reince Priebus said the changes wouldn’t allow Republicans to ‘‘slice and dice’’ each other for six months.

GOP shortens timeframe for nomination

Republican leaders overwhelmingly voted to shorten their presidential selection process to minimize damage from GOP candidates attacking each other.

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Barry Funfar on the deck of his home, near the turbines.

A Falmouth veteran battles wind turbines — and health woes

A Vietnam veteran says the Falmouth turbines have worsened his PTSD and brought other ills, adding to the dispute over the technology.